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Researcher Spotlight

Featured Researcher

Samir Puri, Analyst

Samir Puri is an Analyst in the "Defence and Security" team at RAND Europe. His research interests include defense policy and planning and international security affairs. He has been selected as the 2008 recipient of RAND Europe's Fellowship award, which aims to foster research collaboration within RAND.

Past Featured Researchers

Ateev Mehrotra, Policy Analyst

Ateev Mehrotra, Policy Analyst at RAND and Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was awarded the Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award at the 31st annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Cheryl L. Damberg, Senior Policy Researcher

Cheryl Damberg is a Senior Researcher at RAND. Her areas of expertise include pay for performance, quality measurement, patient safety, consumer-directed health plans, and assessing the impact of health care reform initiatives on quality and costs.

David C. Gompert, Senior Fellow

David Gompert is a Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation and a member of the faculty of the RAND Pardee Graduate School. He has published extensively on international affairs, national security policy, and information technology.

Robert E. Hunter, Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation

Robert E. Hunter is an expert in a wide variety of foreign policy and national security fields. He was recently awarded the Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown by the Belgian government for his work in modernizing NATO and for helping to repair US-Belgian relations after the Iraq war.

Robert J. Lempert, Senior Physical Scientist

Robert Lempert is an expert in science and technology policy, with a special focus on climate change, energy, and the environment. He was a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007 along with Vice President Al Gore.

Elisa Eiseman, Senior Natural Scientist

Elisa Eiseman is a Senior Natural Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her expertise is in genetics, cancer research, biotechnology, biomedicine, and bioethics.

Lynn E. Davis, Director, Washington Office

Lynn E. Davis is Director of the Washington Office and a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her current research focuses on strategic planning, citizen preparedness, and Army strategic and force planning.

Aruna Sivakumar, Analyst

Aruna Sivakumar is an Analyst in the "Modelling" team at RAND Europe. She is leading one of several projects related to the planning for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Martin Wachs, Director, Transportation, Space, and Technology Program, RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment

Martin Wachs is the Director of the Transportation, Space and Technology Program and the Supply Chain Policy Center. His most recent work focuses on transportation finance in relation to planning and policy.

Lisa Pelled Colabella, Operations Researcher

Lisa Colabella, an operations researcher in the RAND Arroyo Center's Military Logistics Program, is leading a project to assess the Army's equipping needs to meet the readiness objectives laid out in the new Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model.

Charles Wolf, Jr., Distinguished Chair in International Economics

Charles Wolf Jr., RAND senior economic adviser and corporate fellow in International Economics, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon on May 11 from the government of Japan, in recognition for his many years of work on Japan.

Christian van Stolk, Senior Analyst

Christian van Stolk is a Senior Analyst in the "Evaluation and Audit" team at RAND Europe. His research interests lie in the analysis of public administration and the evaluation of government programs, particularly tax administrations and social security systems.

Bryan W. Hallmark, Senior Social Scientist

Bryan Hallmark, senior behavioral scientist at RAND, specializes in military manpower and training. He has recently led studies assessing the relationship between unit stabilization and training proficiency.

Susan J. Bodilly, Director, RAND Education

Susan J. Bodilly is the newly appointed Director of RAND Education. Her research interests and expertise lie in K-12 school reform, resource allocation and its impact on reforms, formative evaluation, and implementation analysis.

Lloyd Dixon, Senior Economist

Lloyd Dixon was named one of the Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) Distinguished Scholars for 2006-2007. Dr. Dixon is being recognized for his leadership in establishing a research agenda in liability and compensation for catastrophic events.

Arie Kapteyn, Director, RAND Labor and Population

Arie Kapteyn, Senior Economist at RAND and Director of RAND Labor and Population, was honored with a knighthood in the order of the Dutch Lion, which he received for exceptional achievements in econometrics. Kapteyn's work focuses on the field of aging.

Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Policy Researcher

Kathryn Pitkin Derose has been honored with a 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.

Kenneth B. Wells, Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation

Kenneth B. Wells, MD, MPH is a psychiatrist and health services researcher whose work focuses on improving care for depression, patterns of outpatient mental care and services, mental care for children in the U.S., and medication management of depression.